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KERN COUNTY RENEWS DOMINION VOTING MACHINES FOR THREE YEARS

KERN COUNTY RENEWS DOMINION VOTING MACHINES FOR THREE YEARS

A very long Kern County Board of Supervisors meeting got rowdy at times while they were talking voting machines. The Board voted 3-2 to keep the controversial Dominion machines for the next three years. Many from the public were not happy, with one instance causing this exchange between Board Chair Jeff Flores and a speaker……Read More

MORE SNOW COULD CLOSE GRAPEVINE, TEHACHAPI PASS AGAIN

MORE SNOW COULD CLOSE GRAPEVINE, TEHACHAPI PASS AGAIN

It was a wintry weekend in Kern County, but these storms are not over yet… Meteorologist Jim Bagnall with the National Weather Service in Hanford says the Tehachapi and Fort Tejon areas got a couple of feet of snow over the weekend, and Bakersfield got close to two inches of rain. The National Weather Service…Read More

TEHACHAPI BRACES FOR WINTER STORM METEOROLIGISTS ARE CALLING A BLIZZARD

TEHACHAPI BRACES FOR WINTER STORM METEOROLIGISTS ARE CALLING A BLIZZARD

It’s not a term you ever hear in California, but meteorologists say a blizzard is headed to Tehachapi. City Manager Greg Garrett says the city is prepared… He’s telling residents not to go out if you don’t have to, and keep an eye on your neighbor. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration defines a blizzard…Read More

DRUGS AND WEAPONS BUST AT CALIFORNIA AVENUE RESIDENCE

DRUGS AND WEAPONS BUST AT CALIFORNIA AVENUE RESIDENCE

A previously convicted felon who is not allowed to have firearms has been arrested after several weapons were found, along with dangerous drugs. Bakersfield Police Sergeant Robert Pair says 40 year-old Richard Gomez was arrested without incident and booked into the county jail. Pair would not say, though, if Gomez was acting alone… The search…Read More

FIRST-EVER ZERO-EMISSION CONVOY SET FOR BAKERSFIELD

FIRST-EVER ZERO-EMISSION CONVOY SET FOR BAKERSFIELD

There were truckers in convoys in the 70s, but this is different… Organizer Ollie Danner claims it will be the first zero-emission convoy in the nation in Bakersfield tomorrow. It’s part of the San Joaquin Valley Clean Cities Association’s ‘Trucking With Clean Fuels’ Conference at the Westchester in Bakersfield… You can see the convoy between…Read More

STORMS BRINGING WET, WIND, AND COLD TO KERN COUNTY

STORMS BRINGING WET, WIND, AND COLD TO KERN COUNTY

Two storm systems and cold temperatures are headed our way bringing rain to the valley and snow to the mountains. National Weather Service Meteorologist Jim Bagnall says it possible we could even see some snowflakes in Bakersfield… Bagnall says the valley should get about a half-inch to three quarters of an inch of rain this…Read More

SELMA POLICE OFFICER LAID TO REST AFTER FUNERAL IN FRESNO

SELMA POLICE OFFICER LAID TO REST AFTER FUNERAL IN FRESNO

A final goodbye for a fallen police officer in Fresno. More than a thousand people, including the law enforcement community, attended the funeral for Selma Police Officer Gonzalo Carrasco, who was killed by a suspect on January 31. Carrasco’s cousin Julio Martinez spoke for the family… He and his girlfriend were expecting their first child.…Read More

THOUSANDS HEADED TO KERNVILLE FOR WHISKEY FLAT DAYS

THOUSANDS HEADED TO KERNVILLE FOR WHISKEY FLAT DAYS

With the three day President’s weekend upon us, many of you may be heading up to Kernville. The town’s Whiskey Flat Days kicks off this afternoon with a motorcycle rodeo tonight, a traditional rodeo tomorrow and Sunday, not to mention a parade tomorrow. Kernville Chamber of Commerce President Orion Sanders says the traditional ‘encampment’, which…Read More

LANDMARK BAKERSFIELD ‘SHOE’ DAMAGED IN CAR CRASH

LANDMARK BAKERSFIELD ‘SHOE’ DAMAGED IN CAR CRASH

Bakersfield’s ‘Big Shoe’ is going to need some big repairs… Felipe Torres has been the owner of the Big Shoe Repair business since 2002, but the iconic shoe-shaped store has been a Chester Avenue landmark since 1947. A two-car crash in front of the store before noon today forced one of the vehicles off the…Read More

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